The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has launched a technology driven crackdown on terror financing, cryptocurrency related crime, and money laundering, introducing artificial intelligence, blockchain investigations, and real time intelligence sharing to strengthen Pakistan’s financial crime enforcement.
According to FIA sources, the agency has established a Virtual Currency Cell to investigate cryptocurrency transactions, blockchain based financial crimes, and digital asset holdings. Within the first month of operations, the FIA traced 38 terror financing cases, including five cases involving cryptocurrency linked terror financing.
The agency is also setting up a Counter Financing of Terrorism (CFT) Fusion Centre, which will integrate data from NACTA, NIFTAC, provincial Counter Terrorism Departments, banking records, goAML, and the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) to identify and disrupt terrorist financing networks.
An artificial intelligence and machine learning based risk scoring system is also being developed to strengthen Financial Action Task Force (FATF) compliant oversight of financial institutions, virtual asset service providers, and non governmental organizations.
The FIA has operationalized 11 Counter Terrorism Wing police stations dedicated to terror financing investigations. Five stations are already functional, while the remaining six are expected to begin operations soon.
The agency has also upgraded its immigration security by launching Integrated Border Management System (IBMS) 2.0, linking immigration records with IMPASS, INTERPOL, NADRA, and the Bureau of Emigration to improve passenger screening.
An AI powered electronic immigration risk profiling system and a Risk Analysis Unit have also been introduced to identify suspicious travel patterns before passengers board international flights.
In addition, the FIA is establishing a National Command and Control Centre (NC3), a 24 hour centralized operations hub featuring 18 specialized desks for immigration monitoring, anti human trafficking, anti money laundering, cryptocurrency investigations, cyber patrolling, dark web investigations, INTERPOL coordination, telecom data analysis, nationwide case management, and intelligence sharing.
Officials said the center will support real time monitoring, faster operational decisions, and round the clock coordination against financial and organized crime.
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